Lagos State is strengthening its agricultural database to better understand farmers’ needs, track production across value chains and align food supply with the demands of its rapidly growing population. Dr Oluwarotimi Fashola, Special Adviser to the Governor on Agriculture and Food Systems, disclosed this on Tuesday at a press briefing in Alausa ahead of the 2026 World Food Day celebration. Fashola said the state was increasingly focused on understanding what farmers need to improve productivity while gathering reliable information on the volume and types of food commodities required to meet Lagos’ consumption needs. He said the database would help the…
Author: Elvis Eromosele
The African Development Bank Group (AfDB) and ODI Global have entered a strategic partnership to develop financing instruments and policy solutions aimed at helping African countries tackle rising debt pressures, high borrowing costs and declining access to concessional finance. The partnership, formalised through a new Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), will combine the AfDB Group’s operational and financing experience with ODI Global’s independent research to develop practical approaches to reducing the cost of capital, mobilising private investment and expanding financing options for vulnerable economies. The agreement comes as African countries face growing pressure to finance infrastructure, energy, climate action and economic…
Dario Amodei, Anthropic CEO, earned $18 million in total compensation in 2025, putting him among the better-paid technology executives but still below some of the sector’s biggest earners. The figure was disclosed in Anthropic’s initial public offering filing, according to Reuters, as the artificial intelligence company prepares for a potential stock market listing that could value it at more than $2 trillion. Amodei’s compensation was driven largely by equity awards, reflecting the growing importance of company ownership in executive pay across the technology sector. Amodei’s annual salary, along with that of his sister and Anthropic President Daniela Amodei, was doubled…
Every October, Customer Service Week arrives with familiar choreography: branded shirts, balloons, cakes, appreciation messages, awards and social media posts declaring that “the customer is king.” For one week, businesses celebrate the people who keep them in business. Then Monday comes. The banners disappear, the photographs remain online, and customers return to unanswered calls, delayed refunds, unexplained charges, failed transactions, long queues and the familiar instruction: “We are working on it. Please be patient.” The problem is not that Nigerian businesses celebrate Customer Service Week. They should. Employees deserve recognition, and customers deserve appreciation. The real issue is that customer…
By Elvis Eromosele The proposal to make Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) mandatory for commercial vehicles in Nigeria has an appealing simplicity. Move buses and taxis away from petrol and diesel. Use the gas beneath our feet. Cut transport costs. Reduce emissions. Lower dependence on imported fuel. It sounds sensible. But Nigeria’s energy reality is more complicated. Ismael Ahmed, Chairman of the Presidential Initiative on Compressed Natural Gas and Electric Vehicles (PI-CNG&EV), has proposed that all commercial vehicles should eventually move away from petrol and diesel and adopt alternative fuels, particularly CNG. The ambition is understandable. The policy, however, raises a…
Ismael Ahmed, Chairman of the Presidential Initiative on Compressed Natural Gas and Electric Vehicles (PI-CNG&EV), has proposed making the switch from petrol and diesel to Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) mandatory for commercial vehicles across Nigeria. Ahmed made the proposal during an interview on Arise News TV, where he discussed the Federal Government’s alternative-fuel programme and the need to accelerate its nationwide rollout. He said Nigeria had moved beyond demonstrating the viability of CNG and electric vehicles and should now focus on achieving mass adoption, particularly in the commercial transport sector. “We need to move to a point where we are…
Asharami Ghana, a subsidiary of Sahara Group, has commissioned a 6,000-metric-tonne Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) storage facility at the Tema Oil Jetty, increasing Ghana’s LPG storage capacity by about 10 per cent. The facility, commissioned on Tuesday, is the first phase of a planned 12,000-metric-tonne terminal and forms part of Sahara Group’s integrated LPG infrastructure strategy covering shipping, storage and distribution. The company said the investment is expected to improve LPG availability, strengthen supply reliability and support Ghana’s target of achieving at least 50 per cent LPG access by 2030. Commissioning the facility, Godwin Kudzo Tameklo, Chief Executive of Ghana’s…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has adopted a separate salary structure for its employees as part of measures to improve staff welfare ahead of the 2027 general elections. Prof. Joash Amupitan, INEC Chairman, disclosed this on Tuesday while presenting the commission’s preparations for the 2027 elections at a World Press Conference in Abuja. Amupitan said the commission had taken what he described as “some very radical steps” to improve the welfare of its personnel, arguing that better remuneration was necessary to strengthen accountability and performance. “INEC staff are the least paid in Nigeria. So, we felt if we want…
The World Bank has raised its 2026 economic growth forecast for Sub-Saharan Africa by 0.3 percentage points to 4.3 per cent, citing stronger-than-expected performance across several economies in the region. The revised projection was contained in the World Bank’s October 2026 Africa Economic Update, its biannual assessment of economic developments and the outlook for Sub-Saharan Africa. The lender said growth forecasts had been upgraded for nearly three-quarters of the region’s economies, including Angola, Ethiopia, Nigeria and Zambia. “Growth in the region is projected to rise from 4.1 per cent in 2025 to 4.3 per cent in 2026, 0.3 percentage points…
Unilever Nigeria has awarded scholarships to children of its employees, reinforcing its commitment to education, employee welfare and creating opportunities for young Nigerians. The Unilever Nigeria Scholarship Scheme, established more than 30 years ago, provides merit-based financial support to academically outstanding children of the company’s non-management employees. The scholarship supports beneficiaries from Junior Secondary School through Senior Secondary School Year Three (SSS3), subject to satisfactory academic performance. The latest beneficiaries emerged from a competitive scholarship aptitude examination conducted by the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) across Unilever Nigeria’s manufacturing locations in Agbara, Ogun State, and Oregun, Lagos. Under the scheme,…